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14 Dec 2022, 10:54 am
In a sordid world that is home to acts of varying degrees of heinousness, the Office of The Prosecutor, when considering the gravity of events, analyzes several factors: The number of persons killed The number of victims, particularly in cases of willful killings, torture, and rape The severity of crimes The scale of crimes The systematicity of crimes The nature of the crimes The manner in which those crimes were committed The impact of the crimes However, the line between… [read post]
14 Dec 2022, 10:54 am
In a sordid world that is home to acts of varying degrees of heinousness, the Office of The Prosecutor, when considering the gravity of events, analyzes several factors: The number of persons killed The number of victims, particularly in cases of willful killings, torture, and rape The severity of crimes The scale of crimes The systematicity of crimes The nature of the crimes The manner in which those crimes were committed The impact of the crimes However, the line between… [read post]
31 Oct 2022, 1:24 pm
In this instance, Gaufridi was burned after gruesome torture led him to confess crimes of witchcraft. [read post]
27 Oct 2022, 5:55 am
Interviewees linked growing attention to ATS suits to legislative enactments including the passage of the Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA) and the inclusion of corporate liability in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, first enacted in 2000 and reauthorized most recently in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2017 (TVPRA). [read post]
12 Oct 2022, 4:54 pm
Another victim was constantly recalling the sound of scotch tape because where he was held, people were first wrapped in scotch tape and then beaten. [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 7:00 am
Similarly, one or both of the earlier resolutions include these paragraphs, but the later bills do not: Whereas, on March 14, 2022, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Zbigniew Rau stated that actions of the Government of the Russian Federation in Ukraine against innocent civilians and civilian infrastructure is “state terrorism”; Whereas, on April 27, 2022, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated before Congress that “there’s no… [read post]
15 Sep 2022, 6:58 am
By 2017, the government had established the now notorious policy of interning Uyghur men in “vocational” centers, internment camps that according to some estimates have houses well over one million people. [read post]
8 Sep 2022, 3:48 am
Indeed, researchers have found that the clinical effects of extreme isolation can actually be similar to those of physical torture. [read post]
31 Aug 2022, 5:55 am
A year since the end of intense fighting, any attention to the victims of war in Afghanistan has faded and the discourse of victim-centered justice seems to be forgotten. [read post]
21 Aug 2022, 1:31 am
The conference will bring together CASE coalition members, SLAPP victims, experts, journalists, media professionals, lawyers, policymakers, free speech advocates, academics, ombudspersons, judges, and civil society representatives. [read post]
17 Aug 2022, 6:41 pm
And when we talk about the victims of this war, about Ukrainian losses, we do not start the story from February 2022. [read post]
26 Jul 2022, 5:01 am
” This new ground for immunity was placed front and center in the Supreme Court’s new judgment, following the government’s designation of the Gaza Strip as “enemy territory” on Sept. 21, 2014. [read post]
11 Jul 2022, 6:01 am
In particular, Russian actions could qualify as “extrajudicial killing[s]”, which are defined in U.S. law as “deliberate killing[s] not authorized by a previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples” (incorporated into the FSIA through the Torture Victim Protection Act, or TVPA). [read post]
8 Jul 2022, 12:30 pm
With this information, the Saudi gov't targeted the man for assassination and his family and friends for torture. [read post]
7 Jul 2022, 4:30 am
” The report, released by the Texas State University’s Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center yesterday, highlights a number of new details about the troubled response to the May mass shooting. [read post]
5 Jul 2022, 10:48 pm
The information Bachelet revealed to the council was gathered during 11 field visits, 3 detention center visits and 517 interviews with victims and witnesses, among other OHCHR sources. [read post]
4 Jul 2022, 9:00 pm
They also set fire to the victim’s trailer while Cannon was inside. [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 6:06 am
When the first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center, Laura was on the 106th floor. [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 5:58 am
” Title 42 Is a Human Security Disaster The victims of the Title 42 policy have suffered predictable and grave human rights abuses. [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 6:30 am
Anwar R. was accused of being responsible for the torture of more than 4,000 prisoners in Damascus during the civil war, having aided and abetted crimes against humanity in arresting and transporting protestors to an interrogation center known for torture. [read post]
